what was the need for special relativity (1 Viewer)

[VictorTango-9W]

can someone recap me on why einstein invented special relativity, i cant seem to remember, like what was the problem that special relativity solved

 

[Vall]

From wikipedia's article on special relativity: "The incompatibility of Newtonian mechanics with Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism and, experimentally, the Michelson-Morley null result (and subsequent similar experiments) demonstrated that the historically hypothesized luminiferous aether did not exist. This led to Einstein's development of special relativity."